Government Operations committee  There are none that I know of, but we can come back with a more formal answer.

Government Operations committee  I can only speak to the processes in terms of the integrated planning that every department does with their HR staffing and their financial levels. There's a whole series of complex processing. I think Wojo wanted to add to this.

Government Operations committee  I think we'll—

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. Our tenders and procurement plans are all done in both official languages. The services and products we receive for employees or services to Canadians are also in both official languages. In the case of a report, the client can choose to request it in both languages, which sometimes increases the cost to the government, or in only one language.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question. I will respond as a common service provider in terms of the contract administration. I have not seen that come in anywhere in any type of consultation or any type of recommendation.

Government Operations committee  I cannot tell you that detail. I can give you my knowledge, and my knowledge from within the client department for the McKinsey contract and the pay is that it has not been one of the sets of recommendations.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question. I'll start, and then I'll turn the floor to Monsieur Perron. I think you hit the nail on the head. There are approximately 45 different HR systems that feed Phoenix, so Phoenix has to scrub the data, and understand and build muscle in terms of how each of those systems works.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question. We are doubling down, both in our supplier diversity and in our indigenous procurement approaches through the Procurement Assistance Canada program. This is a program we run at PSPC with six regional offices, which is open to every SME across Canada.

Government Operations committee  That's an excellent question in the sense that we have had to really take a step back and look at it from a project management perspective. We've spoken here about the requirements and the timing. You made reference, earlier, to the U.S. investments and our own investments of $5 billion, so we really have to take a risk-based approach to what we can do to accelerate it, to reduce the complexity of the business requirements and to streamline the various procurement negotiation steps that are there.

Government Operations committee  We're really focusing on things like governance, to streamline the governance process and work with Treasury Board to streamline it. Because 450 is a lot of projects, there's just queuing them up and looking at the procurement strategies. There's understanding where we can make best use of some of the national security exceptions, working with our partners, triaging it and also working with industry.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. I'll answer it in two or three points. First of all, usually when we buy a service or a product, we always make sure that that service or product is received in both official languages, if it's something like software. If it's a report, the vendor can usually choose the language if there's not a specific request for both languages.

Government Operations committee  Thank you—

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question. I think we're just at the beginning of this journey. These types of consultations are really key. We're looking at indigenous consultations, at social housing and at divestiture, working federally with Canada Lands, to see what the different elements are across Canada and how we can optimize that.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much. I think the question is actually broader than PPE. I think the minister alluded to the work that we do with Procurement Assistance Canada in terms of trying to bring suppliers of all sizes—SMEs, large-scale—into the procurement—

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question. As you are aware, there's an interim dental program in place that Health Canada and CRA are managing. We are looking to help Health Canada establish the longer-term health plan, so we're competing it among service providers. It's an open procurement.